Laundry

1. ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦ

   An-nu-raat

   Clothes

   Usage

   A general word for clothing (plural form)

   Grammar Note

   A plain noun. Inside a sentence its ending changes with case and number

2. ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦ ᐅᐊᓴᖅᑐᖓ.

   An-nu-raat u-a-saq-tu-nga.

   I'm washing clothes.

   Usage

   What you say when you are doing laundry

   Grammar Note

   Uasaqtuq means "washes (something)". -junga and -tunga mean "I". For he, she or it use -juq or -tuq. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓄᑦ ᐅᐊᓴᕐᕕᒃ

   An-nu-raa-nut u-a-sar-vik

   Washing machine

   Usage

   A word for a washing machine. Literally "washing place for clothes"

   Grammar Note

   Annuraanut means "for clothes". Uasarvik is "wash" plus the place ending -vik

4. ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓄᑦ ᐸᓂᖅᓴᐅᑦ

   An-nu-raa-nut pa-niq-sa-ut

   Clothes dryer

   Usage

   A word for the machine that dries washed clothes

   Grammar Note

   Paniqtuq means "is dry". Paniqsaut is built from it and means a tool for drying

5. ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦ ᖃᐅᓯᖅᑐᑦ.

   An-nu-raat qa-u-siq-tut.

   The clothes are wet.

   Usage

   Says that the clothes are wet. Qausiqtuq means "is wet"

   Grammar Note

   The subject annuraat is plural, so the verb takes the plural ending -tut. A single item would be qausiqtuq. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦ ᐸᓂᖅᑐᑦ.

   An-nu-raat pa-niq-tut.

   The clothes are dry.

   Usage

   Says that the clothes are dry. Paniqtuq means "is dry"

   Grammar Note

   The subject is plural, so the verb takes the plural ending -tut. A single item would be paniqtuq. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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